Closing ceremony of Olympiad was held in Athens, on August 29. President of Azerbaijan Republic, President of National Olympic Committee Ilham Aliyev attended the ceremony.
In his speech, Chairman of ...

Russian sportsmen with 92 medals took the third place after Americans and Chinese sportsmen in XXVIII summer Olympiad in Athens, AzerTAj correspondent for Moscow reports.
Thus, Russian sportsmen have 27 ...

World kosiki- karate championship with participation of 300 sportsmen of 30 countries ended in Khalkidiki /Greece/. Azerbaijan was represented by three karateists, two of them, Vugar Mammadov, 63,5 kg and ...

The last Azerbaijani boxer Aghasi Mammadov (54 kg) fought on August 27 against Thai athlete. The first minutes of the bout were tense. Aghasi lost 3 points in the first ...

On August 27, the Azerbaijan sportsman Fuad Aslanov acted in a weight category 51 kg, on results of the semifinal of Olympic tournament on boxing has won a bronze medal. ...

Rhythmic gymnasts started performances in the Olympic Games on August 26. Azerbaijan is represented by Anna Gurbanova instead of injured Dinara Gimatova. In the first day of the 24 athletes ...

Civic forums on the topic “From equality to equal results: realities and stereotypes” will be held in frame of the project “Women for conflict prevention and peace building in the ...

Azerbaijani countrywoman Tamilla Abbasova, honored master of sports of Russia and many times European cycle racing champion has won the silver Olympic medal in cycle sprint. The outstanding performances of ...

Rovshan Huseynov, 60 kg, was beaten in quarterfinals by one of the main gold-medal favorites, Olympic and tree times world champion Mario Sezar Kindelan Mesa from Cuba 11:23.
In spite ...

Farid Mansurov, 66 kg, beat Swedish Jimmy Samuelson 3:1, on August 25 in Athens Olympiad. Azerbaijan sportsman will meet with Turkish Sheref Eroglu in the final. ...

On August 24, Azerbaijan sportsmen attended the Greco-Roman wrestling in Athens Olympic Games. Farid Mansurov, 66 kg, defeated Cuban Juan Louise Maren 3:0, Polish Richard Wolne 6:2. ...

In the first six month of 2004, 9,4 mln tons of 48,2% of cargo and 3,2 bln ton-km of turnover of goods fell to the share of railway transport ...

Having attended the final trainings in Patrai city, the Azerbaijani gymnast Anna Gurbanova moved to the Olympic village. Anna Gurbanova daily takes two trainings in the “Galatsi Olympic Hall”, AzerTAj ...

Quarterfinal bouts took place on August 23 at the Athens Olympic games. Leader of Azerbaijani boxers team, world champ Agasi Mammadov clashed with Ukrainian athlete Maxim Tretyak. Agasi was much ...

The Azerbaijani world champion Agasi Mammadov, boxer in 54-kilogram weight category, defeated his Ukrainian opponent Maxim Tretyak with 32-12 points difference and guaranteed a medal, AzerTAj correspondent reported.
Another world ...

Turkish world 1500 meters silver medallist and European champion Sureyya Ayhan is accused of “fixing” doping tests. Considered prior to Olympic games as the most likely winner Ayhan Sureyya unexpectedly ...

Ruslan Khairov was the first Azerbaijani boxer to fight in the Ёщ final on August 22.
His opponent was Cuban boxer, twice world champion Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros (69 kg).
The ...

On August 21, in 1/8 final, sportsman Jeyhun Abiyev, 48 kg, was defeated by Turkish sportsman Atagun Yalchingaya 20:23.
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Another Javid Tagiyev, 75 kg, met with Thailand boxer ...

On August 21, bronze winners of Athens Olympiad Irada Ashumova and Zemfira Meftaheddinova returned home. Numerous admirers of sport, representatives of the National Olympic Committee, Ministry of Youth, Sports ...